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Leia Crawford '07 is stage manager for a world premiere musical  production, American Tales, presented by Antaeus (www.antaeus.org).

Music by Jan Powell, Book and Lyrics by Ken Stone.
Directed by: Kay Cole and Thor Steingraber.
With: Daniel Blinkoff, John Wallace Combs, Paul Eiding, Melanie Lora, richard Miro, Philip Proctor, Raphael Sbarge, Devon Sorvari and Peter Van Norden.
Musical Directors: Steven Jones and Billy Thompson.
Scenic: Laura Fine Hawkes.
Costumes: A. Jeffery Schoenberg.
Lights: Jose Lopez.

American Tales previews June 19-26 and opens Friday, June 27 and Saturday, June 28. The production will run through August 10 at Antaeus' new interim home, Deaf West Theatre, 5112 Lankershim Blvd., North Hollywood, CA.

Two tales of folie a deux by two great American writers....of connections made and tragically missed. American Tales take us on a musical journey through Mark Twain's The Loves of Alonzo Fitz Clarence and Rosannah Ethelton, and Herman Melville's Bartleby The Scrivener. Twin's prophetic tale, written two years after the telephone was invented, imagines a time when people would fall in love across thousands of miles. Near-misses, mistaken identities and the wit of Mark Twain make this a love story for the ages. In Bartleby we visit a Wall Street law office in an American quickly becoming industrialized and impersonal. Bartleby answers a job posting and stays long past his welcome, as Melville ponders the great question of compassion and man's responsibility to his fellow man.

The world premiere production of American Tales is the kickoff event for Antaeus' ClassicsFest 2008, a biennial festival running from June 27 through August 17. For the full Festival schedule, visit www.antaeus.org.

Tickets are available at www.antaeus.org or by calling 866-811-4111. Please contact Leia Crawford '07 for information about discount tickets (leiascrawford@gmail.com).